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I started with that line up had to ditch it for coco , much easier to deal with . I would definitely feed 1/4-50% you should pop right back maybe hit it with some boomerang if you have it.Exactly three weeks ago, I transplanted 18 plants into 5 gal. fabric bags filled with pure Fox Farms Ocean Forest. In the past, I had amended that soil. This time, I did not.
Well, three weeks into it and all the plants are turning lime green and drooping like mad, starting with new growth and moving throughout the whole plant. I have not added any nutrients.
I'm not over- or under-watering. I have good drainage. The pH of my water is between 6.3-6.6 for every watering. I water until I get a tiny bit of runoff, then wait until it is dry two kuckles down into the soil before watering again. I use tap water, which has iron and other micro-nutrients in it. The air temps vary between 71-81 degrees F. The plants are in full veg, and are getting 18 hours of 500-750 ppfd of full spectrum light, depending on their position.
And the plants all started acting like they were over-watered, even though I know they were not. They began to droop and become lime green from the top, down. Here is a photo of the worst of the plants, at the worst time.
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Two days ago I decided to feed them a 1/2 dosing of FF Big Grow (6-4-4) when I watered. Today the plants have perked up to look normal, but they are still lime green. I think they might be greening up, or it could be my imagination. Here's what they look like today.
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No longer droopy. Nice and perky again. But (so far) still light color. I don't know how long it should take them to green up.
I thought FF Ocean Forest was supposed to be chock full of macro and micro nutrients. Is it not? Or am I doing something wrong? For the life of me, I cannot figure out what I might be doing wrong, here. I check over and over again, and everything seems right. The only thing I haven't been doing is feeding them nutrients, on the assumption that the Ocean Forest would get them by at least through veg. Seems like the organic nutes should definitely last more than three weeks.
Your sage advice?
I seldom agree with anyone in these posts....but yeah....promix and a good fertilizer regiment.Your best best is find a nutrient line you like and just use promix as your median. Look at athena...flora flex...Jacks. They are some of the better synthetic nutrients on the market imo. If your looking for organic...I have run geoflora which is a granular you add to the top of your median every 2 weeks. Seems to work good and all you have to do is add ph'd water. Very simple.
I've noticed the amount of bat guano I believe fluctuates. Sometimes it's full of nitrogen, other times, like FFHFJust fyi. You transplanted them.. expect some droop. And the light green growth more than likely is the plant just growing fast if you moved em from another soil that had less nutrients...
Also.. over the years fox farms slowly become less nutritious for plants.. soo although alot of people recall a decade ago fox farm OF burning their small plants.. you may need some nutrients today for a bigger plant in it. Id wait and let them recover from any transplant shock we may not see..
Do you realize you’re commenting on threads that are 2yrs old? Just wondering it says the date under the persons name. You got any plant pics?I've noticed the amount of bat guano I believe fluctuates. Sometimes it's full of nitrogen, other times, like FFHF
Same, it’s just not at all as good as it was,Gave up on ocean forest soil years ago, mainly because of the knats that come with the soil. I used it for years though.
Typically 2-3 weeks of nutrients is all you will get out of it before having to add a nutrient line to your feeding schedule.
Any store bought soil you by typically will only last 2-3 weeks if you do not amend it.
Hope that helps:)
Really plastic and junk in it? I can't say I have ever had a problem with the ocean forest I have used. It been pretty consistent. I order mine from amazon. I don't know if that has something to do with it maybe.Fox Farms is hit or miss these days. Im not sure if theyre struggling to meet the demands of more markets opening up or what, but the shit is everywhere now, even ace hardware. Use happy frog for my base, used ocean forest for years, but these days its mulchier than hell, lots of plastic and debris too.
You can still grow with it, just be prepare that if youre not ready for it-flower will hit them hard. Anticipate feeding right after the stretch with flowering nutes
I have gotten 1ft long chunks of Masonite, wood, tree pulp filler shit, and chipped roots,Really plastic and junk in it? I can't say I have ever had a problem with the ocean forest I have used. It been pretty consistent. I order mine from amazon. I don't know if that has something to do with it maybe.
god dam.... you guys are making me want to switch and I haven't even had a problem yet. Masonite and some bad fungus are really not cool. I don't know how Masonite would even get in there. Unless they are mulching it maybe.I have gotten 1ft long chunks of Masonite, wood, tree pulp filler shit, and chipped roots,
Terrible non applicable fungus not the healthy kind. Dormant eggs. All types of shit.
Anyone who hasn’t ran into that crap, I’m super stoked that didn’t happen to you, it sucks. And get snagged 3-4 times, time for a change.
Yeah I see the Masonite in my Happy Frog. I called it out here in the past looking like bits of shingles but now that you mention it does look like Masonite board.god dam.... you guys are making me want to switch and I haven't even had a problem yet. Masonite and some bad fungus are really not cool. I don't know how Masonite would even get in there. Unless they are mulching it maybe.
My thing is, it’s never really balanced as far as the amendments are concerned.Yeah I see the Masonite in my Happy Frog. I called it out here in the past looking like bits of shingles but now that you mention it does look like Masonite board.
Here’s a couple of the chips I pulled out of my 4” starter pots. I use HF for seedlings and then a mix of Coco Loco and Oxean Forrest with some extra perlite and a little worm castings & guano potting up to fabric bags.
I got a big 3CF bag of OF and seems ok. From a member tip here I throw the FF ina bin with soil a few inches deep and let it dry out a bit, turning every day for a week and seems to keep gnats at bay. If I didn’t have enough or short on time, I use the fresh wet stuff at the bottom of the bag and dry at rhe top layer to keep live eggs away from the surface.
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Only if your in Canada.
this is a really good recipe. Very similar to the recipe I did in my bed. I added a precharged bio char and used build a soil craft blend. I also harvest local silts and clays. I add to the E horizon.
Why? I use Gaia Green and I'm not in Canada.Only if your in Canada.
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